Subintimal space plaque modification for "balloon-uncrossable" chronic total occlusions
Vo, M.N.; Ravandi, A.; Grantham, J.A.
Journal of Invasive Cardiology 26(10): E133-E136
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1557-2501 PMID: 25274869 Document Number: 672128
Novel techniques for percutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusions or other complex coronary lesions utilize the subintimal space to safely and efficiently traverse the occluded coronary segment. Antegrade and retrograde dissection reentry is gaining popularity, and is an elegant method to successfully cross coronary chronic total occlusions. We describe a "subintimal space plaque modification" that involves use of antegrade and retrograde dissection reentry techniques to treat "balloon-uncrossable" coronary lesions.